Do scleractinian corals engage in chemical warfare against microbes?

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 379-398

  Koh, Esther G L ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Chemical defense; Coral extracts; Cyanobacterium; Marine bacteria; Scleractinian

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000597530     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006366.58633.f4     Document Type: Article

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